Major C. Mead (1858–1925) was a member of the

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Biography

Mead was born on June 26, 1858, in

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, as the son of Abel Mead and Permelia Peck . His father died when he was 1 year old, and in 1863 his mother remarried his father's younger brother Clark R. Mead. On June 29, 1881, Mead married Rose Robinson (1859–1951). They moved to

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, and had three children. Mead died on February 19, 1925, and is interred at the Union Cemetery in Plymouth.

Career

Mead was elected to the Senate in 1888 and remained a member until 1892. He was a

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References

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